Will the Sustainable Development Goals address the links between poverty and the natural environment?
Publication Date
2018-10Journal Title
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
ISSN
1877-3435
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
34
Pages
43-47
Type
Article
This Version
VoR
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Schleicher, J., Schaafsma, M., & Vira, B. (2018). Will the Sustainable Development Goals address the links between poverty and the natural environment?. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 34 43-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.09.004
Abstract
The relationships between the natural environment and poverty have been a central theme in the sustainability and development literatures. However, they have been less influential in mainstream international development and conservation policies, which often neglect or fail to adequately address these relationships. This paper examines how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may influence the framing of environment-poverty relationships. We argue that the SDGs’ comprehensive nature could provide an opportunity for better environment-poverty integration. To realise this potential, SDG-related activities will need to challenge the institutional status quo; transform how we measure, understand and implement development; design interventions that reflect local visions of development; make trade-offs between SDGs explicit; and address ultimate drivers of environmental degradation and poverty.
Sponsorship
Cambridge Humanities Research Grant
Funder references
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/P003583/1)
Natural Environment Research Council (NE/M00760X/1)
Embargo Lift Date
2100-01-01
Identifiers
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.09.004
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/286343
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